Eye Care Blog

The immediate appeal of contact lenses is social. The desire of spectacle wearers to be ‘normal’, to appear in public without a facial contraption, is very real. In the USA, Europe and Japan most young short-sighted people have, by the age of twenty-five, at least tried contact lenses if their vision requires the daily or continual use of spectacles. Some patients will even persist through considerable discomfort in order to achieve ‘normalization’. And as more and more people adopt contact lenses, it becomes less and less normal to wear glasses. It is as well therefore that, apart from its cosmetic advantages, the contact lens also has some optical advantages. Read the rest of this entry »

Admittedly, eyeglasses do have a few advantages over contacts. They’re easy to get used to and easy to care for, but if you’ve ever worn glasses, you’re all too familiar with these annoying disadvantages:

They May Not Be Flattering. Behind thick glasses, which correct large refractive errors, eyes look abnormally big or small. Glasses also tend to hide the natural beauty of the eyes, one of the most important and communicative features of the face. In spite of designer frames (which go out of style) most people look better without glasses. Read the rest of this entry »